Sao Paulo: Brazilian football legend Pele, 80, was transferred briefly returned to the intensive care unit Friday after suffering difficulty breathing but now stable, said Albert Einstein’s hospital in Sao Paulo, where he underwent an operation earlier this month.
Transfers are “prevention measures,” the hospital said in a statement, adding that sports sports were then transferred to “semi-intensive care” when he continued to recover from the surgery of suspected large intestinal tumors.
“He is currently stable from a cardiovascular and breathing point of view,” he added.
Shortly after, the former soccer player posted a message on social media stating: “Friend, I still recover very well.
Today I received a visit from the family and I still smile every day.” Putri Pele, Kelly Nascimento also posted a photo next to his father in the hospital, trying to entertain his fans.
“This is a normal recovery scenario for his age.
After surgery like this, sometimes you take two steps ahead, one step back,” Nascimento wrote on Instagram next to the photo next to the photo.
“Yesterday he was tired and he retreated.
Today, he has taken two steps ahead,” he added.
In the photo, Pele looks at what looks like a hospital bed in a black puff vest or a jacket, alert and smiling.
“He recovered well, in normal conditions, I promised!” Nascimento added.
“There is a lot of anxiety in the world lately and we don’t want to add it.” On September 6, the hospital said Pele underwent surgery for the alleged large intestinal tumor.
He initially left the ICU unit on Tuesday, told his fans on social media that he felt happier on that day and hoped to reunite with them.
The alleged tumor was detected during routine tests, according to the hospital, where Pele had undergone treatment since August 31.
Considered by many people to become the biggest soccer player of all time, Pele, whose real name is Edson Arantes, has entered bad health in recent years, and has had various tasks at the hospital.
The only player in history to win three World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970), Pele exploded to the global stage only at 17 with stunning goals, including two in the final against host Sweden, when Brazil won the World Cup for the first time on In 1958.
Four years later, Pele gave a glimpse of his ability with the aim of electricity to Mexico in Brazil’s 2-0 victory.
“O Rei” (king) continued to have one of the most multilevel carivers in sports, scoring more than 1,000 goals before retiring in 1977.